Preemptive traffic routing based on parsing of emergency dispatches

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention include preemptive traffic routing based on parsing of emergency dispatches. Aspects of the invention obtaining an emergency dispatch transmission and parsing the emergency dispatch transmission to obtain a location and a type of an emergency event. Aspects also include determining, based at least in part on the location and the type of the emergency event, an expected impact on traffic in an area including the location. Aspects further include transmitting the expected impact on traffic in the area to a vehicle navigation application.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for preemptive traffic routing based on parsing of emergency dispatches, the method comprising:
 obtaining, by a processor, an emergency dispatch transmission; 
 parsing, by the processor, the emergency dispatch transmission to obtain a location and a type of an emergency event; 
 determining, by the processor based at least in part on the location and the type of the emergency event, an expected impact on traffic in an area including the location; and 
 transmitting, by the processor, the expected impact on traffic in the area to a vehicle navigation application. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein parsing the emergency dispatch transmission also obtains a number and a type of emergency response vehicles dispatched to the emergency event. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 2 , wherein determining the expected impact on traffic in the area including the location includes obtaining traffic data corresponding to previous emergency events that had the number and the type of emergency response vehicles dispatched. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the emergency dispatch transmission is a radio frequency transmission and parsing the emergency dispatch transmission includes converting an audio signal of the emergency dispatch transmission to text. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining, by the processor, that the expected impact on traffic in the area has changed based at least in part on data received from one or more dispatched emergency vehicles; and 
 transmitting, by the processor, an updated expected impact on traffic in the area to the vehicle navigation application. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 5 , wherein the data received from the one or more dispatched emergency vehicles includes responses to the emergency dispatch transmission transmitted by the one or more dispatched emergency vehicles. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 5 , wherein the determining that the expected impact on traffic in the area has changed is further based on a second emergency dispatch transmission regarding the emergency event. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 5 , wherein the updated expected impact indicates that the emergency event has been cleared. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the expected impact on traffic in the area includes an indication of a number of lanes closed and an expected duration for that each of the number of lanes will be closed. 
     
     
       10. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
 obtaining an emergency dispatch transmission; 
 parsing the emergency dispatch transmission to obtain a location and a type of an emergency event; 
 determining, based at least in part on the location and the type of the emergency event, an expected impact on traffic in an area including the location; and 
 transmitting the expected impact on traffic in the area to a vehicle navigation application. 
 
     
     
       11. The computer program product of  claim 10 , wherein parsing the emergency dispatch transmission also obtains a number and a type of emergency response vehicles dispatched to the emergency event. 
     
     
       12. The computer program product of  claim 11 , wherein determining the expected impact on traffic in the area including the location includes obtaining traffic data corresponding to previous emergency events that had the number and the type of emergency response vehicles dispatched. 
     
     
       13. The computer program product of  claim 10 , wherein the emergency dispatch transmission is a radio frequency transmission and parsing the emergency dispatch transmission includes converting an audio signal of the emergency dispatch transmission to text. 
     
     
       14. The computer program product of  claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining, by the processor, that the expected impact on traffic in the area has changed based at least in part on data received from one or more dispatched emergency vehicles; and 
 transmitting, by the processor, an updated expected impact on traffic in the area to the vehicle navigation application. 
 
     
     
       15. The computer program product of  claim 14 , wherein the data received from the one or more dispatched emergency vehicles includes responses to the emergency dispatch transmission transmitted by the one or more dispatched emergency vehicles. 
     
     
       16. The computer program product of  claim 14 , wherein the determining that the expected impact on traffic in the area has changed is further based on a second emergency dispatch transmission regarding the emergency event. 
     
     
       17. The computer program product of  claim 14 , wherein the updated expected impact indicates that the emergency event has been cleared. 
     
     
       18. The computer program product of  claim 10 , wherein the expected impact on traffic in the area includes an indication of a number of lanes closed and an expected duration for that each of the number of lanes will be closed. 
     
     
       19. A method for preemptive traffic routing based on parsing of emergency dispatches, the method comprising:
 obtaining, by a processor, an emergency dispatch transmission; 
 parsing, by the processor, the emergency dispatch transmission to obtain a location and a type of an emergency event; 
 determining, by the processor based at least in part on the location and the type of the emergency event, an expected impact on traffic in an area including the location; and 
 updating, by the processor, a route of one or more autonomous vehicles based on the expected impact on traffic. 
 
     
     
       20. The method of  claim 19 , wherein the emergency dispatch transmission is a radio frequency transmission and parsing the emergency dispatch transmission includes converting an audio signal of the emergency dispatch transmission to text.